Bethlehem will fight an arbitrator's ruling that a city police officer who was fired after an off-duty drunken-driving crash should get his job back. In a four-sentence statement issued Monday, Mayor Robert Donchez said he will file an appeal in Northampton County Court against the ruling that "the city had just cause to discipline, but not to discharge" Richard Hoffman. Donchez said he made the decision after talking the solicitor and City Council. "Because of my disagreement with the findings and result, and due to the importance of this matter to public safety and related concerns, I have directed the city solicitor to file papers appealing the decision to the...

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Bethlehem will fight an arbitrator's ruling that a city police officer who was fired after an off-duty drunken-driving crash should get his job back.In a four-sentence statement issued Monday, Mayor Robert Donchez said he will file an appeal in...

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An arbitrator has ruled that a Bethlehem police officer who was fired after an off-duty drunken-driving crash should get his job back, the police union's attorney said Wednesday.
Richard Hoffman, a 10-year police veteran, was terminated by Bethlehem City...

An arbitrator ruled that a Bethlehem police officer fired after an off-duty drunken driving crash should have been disciplined, but not fired, according to the ruling released by the city Friday.
Richard Hoffman, a 10-year veteran, was terminated by City...

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As his aunt's sobs echoed through the courtroom, James Jose Ramirez was handcuffed and led away to begin serving a jail sentence for killing his 17-year-old cousin in a high-speed crash."This was an accident," Linda Oquendo told Lehigh County...

A Chicago man fled Allentown police early Saturday during a drunken driving stop and was caught after he fell in snow, according to court records.David Mullen, 55, was charged with drunken driving, failing to stop at a red light and...

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Bethlehem's former health director Judith Maloney and her attorney will receive $25,000 under a settlement with the city in her lawsuit that alleged she was fired for filing a discrimination complaint.
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A Lehigh County judge on Monday told a Bethlehem man she found it "disgraceful" that he asked his girlfriend's 12-year-old son to testify on his behalf as he was sentenced for driving drunk and causing a car crash that injured two people.
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An Allentown woman who was driving with more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in her system when her 11-year-old son was ejected during a car crash she caused was sentenced Thursday to 30 days to two years in prison.
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